Chimney-holder.



' L. SPARKS.

CHIMNEY HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED MAR123, 1910.

Patented 0013.11, 1910.

mmmn ilp imw LITCH SPARKS, OF BLUE RIDGE, TEXAS.

CHIMNEY-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

Application filed March 23, 1910. Serial No. 551,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Lrron SPARKS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blue Ridge, in the county of Collin and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Chinmey-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lampchimney holders and has for its object to provide a very simple'andconvenient device of this character which will securely lock the lampupon the burner and also permit of its easy removal therefrom.

Another object is to provide a lamp chimney holder which is capable ofattachment to lamp chimneys of various sizes and may be easily andquickly arranged thereon or removed.

A further object resides in the provision of a lamp chimney holder ofgreat efficiency and durability and one which may be manufactured at alow cost.

\Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, here inafterfully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which r- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating theapplication of my improved lamp chimney holder; Fig. 2 is a sectiontaken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation ofthe holder removed; Fig. 4 is a detail Tagmentary perspective viewillustrating the means for adjusting the clamping band; and Fig. 5 is adetail perspect1ve view of one of the holding levers.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 indicates the burner of alamp which may be of any ordinary or approved construction, said burnerbeing usually provided with a bead or angular rim 5 which supports thelamp chimney 6. The lower neck portion of the lamp chimney 6 which 1sdisposed over the burner is provided with the spaced annular beads 6molded thereon.

Upon the neck of the chimney and between the annular beads 6, a metallicband 7 is adapted to be clamped. This band is formed of resilient sheetmetal and one of its ends is provided with a longitudinal slot 8 throughwhich a threaded stud 9, carried on the other end of the band is adaptedto extend. Upon this stud 9, a wing nut 10 is threaded and is adapted tobe adjusted into binding engagement upon the band to secure the endstogether against relative movement.

The metal band 7 is formed at diametrically opposite points with theears 11. A rod or pintle 12 has its ends rigidly secured inthese ears.Upon this rod a holding lever 13 is loosely mounted. The lever 13 isbent upon itself between its ends to form the bearing portion 13 throughwhich the pintle 12 extends. One of the end portions of the leverextends upwardly and outwardly between the ears 11 and is adapted toprovide a finger engaging portion 1 1. The lower end of the lever alsoextends outwardly from between the ears and has its extremity bentinwardly at a right angle for engagement under the annular rim 5 of theburner as clearly shown at 15 in Fig. 1. This angular end of the lockinglever is held in engagement with the burner against accidental outwardmovement by means of a spring member 16. This spring member is formedfrom a single length of resilient wire and has its end portions 16coiled around the rod 12, the extremities of said wire being secured tothe ears 11. The in termediate portion of this wire spring bears againstthe inner face of the upper end of the locking lever as shown at 17 andnormally tends to force the same outwardly and the lower end of saidlever inwardly whereby the angular extremity 15 of the lever isyieldingly held in locking engagement with the burner. When it isdesired to remove the lamp chimney from the burner, the operator engagesthe outwardly extending finger portions of the holding levers 13 withhis thumb and forefinger and presses inwardly upon the same whereby thetension of the spring members 16 is overcome and the inwardly disposedextremities 15 of the lever moved outwardly to disengage the same fromthe annular rim 5 of the burner. The lamp chimney together with theattachment is then lifted vertically from the burner and thus removed sothat the wick may be trimmed or for other purposes. When it is desiredto clean the chimney, the wing nut 10 is loosened so as to allow themetallic band 7 to expand beyond the annular heads 6 formed on the neckof the chimney. The holding attachment may thus be easily and quicklyremoved and as locking levers 13 holding the same upon the burneragainst any possibility of sidewise or lateral movement.

Vhile I have shown and described the preferable embodiment of myinvention, it

will be understood that the same is susceptible of many minormodifications without departing from the essential features or--sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. Adevice of the character described comprising an annular metallic bandadapted to be secured upon the neck of a lamp chimney, and pivotallymounted yieldingly held locking levers carried by said band forindependent movement adapted for engagement with the burner of the lampto hold the chimney thereon.

2. A device of the character described comprising an annular resilientband, means for adjustably connecting the ends of said band and adaptedto clamp the same upon the neck of a lamp chimney and a plurality oflocking levers pivotally mounted upon the band and yieldingly heldagainst lateral and transverse movement said levers being movableindependently of the band and adapted for engagement with the burner ofthe lamp to hold the chimney thereon.

3. A device of the character described comprising a resilient sheetmetal band adapted for clamping engagement upon the neck of a lampchimney, locking levers pivotally mounted upon the band normallyengaging with the burner of the lamp to hold the chimney thereon, andsprings yieldingly holding said levers against lateral or transversemovement to engage the same with the burner.

4. A device of the character described comprising a metallic bandadapted to be engaged upon the neck of a lamp chimney, means adjustablysecuring the ends of said band together, spaced ears formed on saidband, a locking lever pivotally mounted between said ears and extendingabove and below the same, and a spring element engaging with said leverto normally hold the lower end thereof in locking engagement with theburner.

5. A device of the character described comprising a resilient metallicband adapted to be secured upon the neck of a lamp chimney, means foradjustably connecting the ends of said band, spaced ears formed uponsaid band at diametrically opposite points, a locking lever pivotallymounted between each pair of cars and extending above the same to form afinger engaging portion, and a spring element engaging with said portionand normally holding the lower end of said lever in locking engagementwith the lamp burner.

6. A device of the character described comprising a resilient adjustableband adapted to be secured upon the neck of a lamp chimney, spaced earsformed upon said band at diametrically opposite points, a pintleconnecting said cars, a locking lever formed with an intermediatebearing portion engaged upon said pintle, said lever extending above andbelow the same, and a spring coiled upon said pintle and having itsintermediate portion engaged with the upper end of the lever, said leverhaving its lower end inwardly extended and normally held by said springin locking engagement with the burner.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination with a lampchimney having spaced annular beads formed upon its neck, of a resilientadjustable band adapted to be secured on the neck between said beads,spaced ears formed upon said band at diametrically opposite points, alever pivotally mounted between each pair of ears, ,one end. of saidlever being bent at right angles for engagement with the lamp burner,and a spring element engaging with the other end of said lever tonormally hold the same in locking engagement with the burner.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

LITGH SPARKS.

Witnesses T. S. Larson, H. A. BELL.

